Posts by Craig Ballantyne
The Reason Why Most Businesses Struggle
Lack of fundamental business building knowledge is really the primary cause for so much struggling and time wasting, it’s sad. It’s the reason why the overwhelming majority of people new to the Internet will fail in achieving their dreams even if they buy lots of products, study them religiously and work extremely hard. In this…
Read MoreOne Thing You Must Be in Today’s World
On Monday, everything that could go wrong for one of our business partners DID go wrong. They were launching a new product, and despite knowing better, they just didn’t seem properly organized for the event. The result? A website that wouldn’t and couldn’t accept orders. In fact, you couldn’t even access the website. Someone just…
Read MoreMovement and The Metabolic Power of Kettlebells
It wasn’t all but 20 years ago that fitness experts were telling you to eat low fat diets, exercise with machines and to make sure that you are burning enough calories by doing slow boring cardio workouts. Things have definitely changed over that time. Now, research has proven without a shadow of a doubt that…
Read MoreThe One Big Thing You Can’t Ignore
In everyone’s lives and businesses there is “The Problem”. It’s the one big thing we can’t ignore, yet somehow we manage to put it off to the side every day and dance around the issue. It might be a conflict at home. Perhaps it’s an underlying problem with a project at work that no one…
Read MorePower of One Word
It’s amazing the excuses we come up with to avoid taking action. Recently, on my Internet Independence website, I held a “before and after” business transformation contest. Entrants had to show how their business grew over six weeks. They could have shown a growth in email list size or sales. The winner would receive $250.…
Read MoreThe Coffee Shop Entrepreneur Myth
It’s time to kick back in a coffee shop here in Toronto, surrounded by beautiful people, listening to my favorite music, and getting a ton of work done. Just kidding. That’s now how it works in the real world. If I tried that, I wouldn’t get half of my regular work done. Too many distractions.…
Read MoreQnA: Gluten-Free Diet and Exercise Substitutions
Oh dear…Bally the Dog just got back from camp (the kennel) and the owner of the kennel said he’s getting fat. Looks like my mom has been feeding him too many treats this summer while he stayed with her. We’re going to step up the dog walks when I take him back to Toronto next…
Read MoreYou Mean This Secret Metabolic Finishers Weapon for Fat Loss
This is the secret fat loss weapon – the metabolic finisher – that is going to help us hit the 500 pounds of fat loss goal in the 12th Turbulence Training Transformation Contest. Get your Metabolic Finishers here. You’ll discover: Finisher #1 The Upper/Lower Countdown Finisher #2 High Intensity Cardio/Ab Endurance Superset Finisher #3 The…
Read MoreOvercoming Fear of Failure
Here’s a damaging admission I need to make. The truth is I fail at something almost every week. My most recent ‘big’ failure came about in my latest fat loss transformation contest that I run in my fitness business. Back in May, at the start of the 11th Turbulence Training (TT) Transformation Contest I set…
Read MoreHome Gym Workout QnA
More shenanigans for Bally the Dog. He’s been spending the summer on the farm with my mom while I schlep across the world spreading the word of Turbulence Training As a result, it has led to many adventures. Some are cool, like when he gets to chase the deer that come down to drink at…
Read MoreBad Abs Exercise Choice
On Wednesday morning I hit the gym at 6am for an early workout, as I had a flight to San Diego mid-morning. During my training, I noticed there was a gentleman at the gym with an old-school training style. He was one of those guys with a big pot belly who did a lot of…
Read MoreRecently I interviewed nutrition and fat loss expert Erik Ledin on beginner and advanced fat loss strategies. Craig Ballantyne: Okay. So let’s go back to some of the beginner changes. What type of nutrition plan or changes do you recommend to someone starting from scratch? Erik Ledin: Let me preface this by saying I think…
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